[Erza turned from Lucy to look throught the window at the blasted landscape of Exsilium. Erza knew that Lucy was right, that they couldn't be at each-others sides every minute of the day.]

We're so far away from home and we don't know how long we'll be here. We don't know what our friends are going through back home or if the Initiative will bring them here. We're alone here.

[She turned back to Lucy, placing her hand over her friend's.]

That means now, more than ever, we have to rely on one another; our combined strength is far greater than any we hold by ourselves.